TWI754074B - Method, apparatus, and system for configuring measurement gap, network access equipment, and terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A measurement interval configuration method, device, device, terminal and system relate to the field of communications. The method is used in a first access network device among at least two access network devices that establish a connection with a terminal at the same time, and the method includes: when When the first access network device is a configuration device in at least two access network devices, a measurement interval configuration message is generated; the configuration device is a part of the device in the at least two access network devices that configures the measurement interval for the terminal; The first access network device sends the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal.

Description

Measurement interval configuration method, device, equipment, terminal and system

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications, and in particular, to a measurement interval configuration method, apparatus, device, terminal, and system.

In a wireless communication system, during a process in which a terminal and an access network device are in a connected state, it is usually necessary to perform signal measurement on a frequency point other than the service frequency point of the currently accessed cell.

In the related art, in order to save costs and reduce the mutual interference between different frequency points, the access network device may configure a measurement gap for the terminal, and the measurement gap instructs the terminal to perform a signal on the designated frequency point in the connected state. The time period for measurement, where the designated frequency point is another frequency point than the service frequency point of the cell currently accessed by the terminal.

Specifically, after the terminal accesses an access network device, when the access network device determines that a measurement interval needs to be configured for the terminal, it can deliver a measurement interval configuration message to the terminal to configure the terminal when the time period corresponding to the measurement interval arrives. , switch from the service frequency point of the currently accessed cell to the designated frequency point for signal measurement, and when the time period corresponding to the measurement interval ends, switch back to the service frequency point of the currently accessed cell for data transmission and reception.

When the terminal performs signal measurement according to the measurement interval configured by the access network device, the terminal needs to send and receive data on the service frequency point of the currently accessed cell. With the continuous development of the communication field, more and more terminals support the establishment of connections with at least two access network devices at the same time. According to the solution shown in the related art, each access network device connected to the terminal will configure and measure the terminal configuration. interval, the terminal is configured with more measurement intervals, which requires the terminal to frequently interrupt data transmission and switch to other frequency points for signal measurement, thereby affecting the data transmission and reception efficiency of the terminal.

In order to solve the problem in the related art that when a terminal supports establishing connections with at least two access network devices at the same time, each access network device configures a measurement interval for the terminal, which requires the terminal to frequently interrupt data transmission and switch to other frequency points for signal measurement. For the technical problem that affects the data sending and receiving efficiency of the terminal, the embodiments of the present invention provide a measurement interval configuration method, apparatus, device, terminal, and system. The technical solution is as follows: According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a method for configuring a measurement interval is provided, which is used in a first access network device among at least two access network devices, the at least two access network devices. The network access device establishes a connection with the terminal at the same time, and the method includes: when the first access network device is a configuration device in the at least two access network devices, the first access network device generates a measurement interval A configuration message; the configuration device is a part of the at least two access network devices that configures a measurement interval for the terminal; the measurement interval is used to indicate that the terminal is in other frequencies other than the current operating frequency. The time period during which signal measurement is performed at the point; the first access network device sends the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal.

Optionally, the method further includes: performing network negotiation between the first access network device and other devices other than the first access network device among the at least two access network devices , to determine whether the first access network device is the configuration device.

Optionally, network negotiation is performed between the first access network device and other devices other than the first access network device among the at least two access network devices to determine the first access network device. Whether an access network device is the configuration device includes: receiving, by the first access network device, a configuration negotiation message sent by the other device, where the configuration negotiation message is used to negotiate and determine the measurement interval configured for the terminal. an access point device; the first access network device determines whether the first access network device is the configuration device according to the configuration negotiation message.

Optionally, the configuration negotiation message includes a frequency point of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal.

Optionally, the configuration negotiation message further includes a configuration indication, where the configuration indication is used to indicate whether the other device determines to configure a measurement interval for the terminal.

Optionally, the method further includes: determining, by the first access network device, whether the first access network device is not based on a predetermined protocol Configure the device for the described.

Optionally, the generation of the measurement interval configuration message by the first access network device includes: when a first predetermined condition is satisfied, the first access network device generates the measurement interval configuration message; the first predetermined condition The conditions include: the frequency point of the first access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the frequency point of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal are the same frequency point, and the frequency point does not belong to the service frequency of the first access network device and the other devices; or, the first access network device corresponds to the frequency of the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the other device corresponds to the The frequency points of the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal are different frequency points, the frequency of the first access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the frequency of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal. The point does not belong to the service frequency point of the first access network device and the other device, and the frequency point of the first access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal is the same as that of the other device corresponding to the The frequency of the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal belongs to the communication system corresponding to the first access network device or the other device; or, the first access network device corresponds to the frequency of the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal. The frequency points corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the other device are different frequencies, and the frequency point of the first access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal is the same as the frequency point corresponding to the other device. The frequency of the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal does not belong to the service frequency of the first access network device and the other devices, and the first access network device corresponds to the frequency of the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal. The frequency points corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the other device respectively belong to different systems in the communication system corresponding to the first access network device and the other device.

Optionally, the method further includes: when a second predetermined condition is satisfied, the first access network device determines not to generate the measurement interval configuration message; the second predetermined condition includes: the other device corresponds to The frequency of the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal is the service frequency of the first access network device; or, the frequency of the first access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal is the frequency of the first access network device. Describe the service frequency of other devices.

Optionally, the measurement interval configuration message includes: a measurement frequency point, a measurement period, and a time domain position in the measurement period of the time period during which the terminal performs signal measurement at the other frequency points.

Optionally, the at least two access network devices belong to different communication systems; or, the at least two access network devices belong to the same communication system.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method for configuring a measurement interval, the method comprising: a terminal receiving a measurement interval configuration message respectively sent by all or part of at least two access network devices, the at least two access network devices. Two access network devices establish a connection with the terminal at the same time, the measurement interval configuration message is used to configure the measurement interval of the terminal, and the measurement interval is used to indicate that the terminal is in other frequencies other than the current operating frequency. The time period during which the point performs signal measurement; the terminal determines the reserved measurement interval configuration message from the measurement interval configuration messages respectively sent by the at least two access network devices.

Optionally, the method further includes: the terminal performs signal measurement at other frequency points than the current operating frequency point according to the reserved measurement interval configuration message.

Optionally, the terminal determining the reserved measurement interval configuration message from the measurement interval configuration messages respectively sent by the at least two access network devices includes: The measurement interval configuration message sent by the primary connection device is determined to be the reserved measurement interval configuration message; or, the terminal configures the access network device with the largest measurement interval for the terminal among the at least two access network devices. The sent measurement interval configuration message is determined to be the reserved measurement interval configuration message.

Optionally, the measurement interval configuration message includes: a measurement frequency point, a measurement period, and a time domain position in the measurement period of the time period during which the terminal performs signal measurement at the other frequency points.

Optionally, the at least two access network devices belong to different communication systems; or, the at least two access network devices belong to the same communication system.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, an apparatus for configuring a measurement interval is provided, and the signal measurement apparatus includes at least one unit, and the at least one unit is configured to implement the first aspect or any one of the optional first aspects. The method provided by the implementation to configure the measurement interval.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for configuring a measurement interval, the signal measurement apparatus includes at least one unit, and the at least one unit is configured to implement the second aspect or any one of the optional options of the second aspect. The method provided by the implementation to configure the measurement interval.

According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, an access network device is provided, where the access network device includes a processor, a memory, and a transceiver; the processor is configured to store one or more instructions, the instructions are The indication is to be executed by the processor, and the processor is configured to control the transceiver to implement the method for configuring the measurement interval provided by the first aspect or any optional implementation manner of the first aspect.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a terminal is provided, the terminal includes a processor, a memory and a transceiver; the processor is configured to store one or more instructions, the instructions are instructed to be processed by the The processor is configured to control the transceiver to implement the method for configuring the measurement interval provided by the second aspect or any optional implementation manner of the second aspect.

According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, and a computer program (instruction) is stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the program (instruction) is executed by a processor, the above-mentioned first The steps of the method for configuring the measurement interval provided by the aspect or any optional implementation manner of the first aspect; or, when the program (instruction) is executed by the processor, any one of the second aspect or the second aspect can be implemented. The steps of the method for configuring the measurement interval provided by the selected implementation.

According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a system for configuring a measurement interval is provided, and the system for configuring a measurement interval may include a terminal and an access network device. The access network device may be an access network device including the apparatus for configuring a measurement interval provided in the third aspect, and the terminal may be a terminal including the apparatus for configuring a measurement interval provided in the fourth aspect.

According to a ninth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a system for configuring a measurement interval is provided, and the system for configuring a measurement interval may include a terminal and an access network device. The access network device may be the access network device provided in the fifth aspect, and the terminal may include the terminal provided in the sixth aspect.

The beneficial effects of the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention are: When the terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices at the same time, the first access network device among the at least two access network devices determines that it is the configuration device of the terminal, and then sends the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal. , where the configuration device is part of the at least two access network devices, that is, the terminal only needs to perform inter-frequency or different-system measurement according to the measurement interval configured by some devices in the at least two access network devices that are connected at the same time, thereby The number of measurement intervals configured when the terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices at the same time is reduced, so that the terminal frequently interrupts data transmission and switches to other frequency points for signal measurement, and improves the data sending and receiving efficiency of the terminal.

110: Access network equipment

120: Terminal

201, 202, 203, 204, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 501, 502, 503: Steps

601: Generate unit

602: sending unit

603: Negotiation unit

604: The first determination unit

605: Second determination unit

701: Receiving unit

702: Determine unit

703: Measuring unit

81, 91: Processor

82, 92: Transceiver

84, 94: memory

85, 95: bus

86, 96: Application modules

861: Generate module

862: Send module

863: negotiation module

864: The first determination module

865: Second determination module

961: Receiver module

962: Determine the module

963: Measurement Module

In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the following briefly introduces the diagrams that need to be used in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the diagrams in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field, other diagrams can also be obtained based on these diagrams without any creative effort.

[FIG. 1] is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile communication system provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] is a method flowchart of a measurement interval configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

[FIG. 3] is a method flowchart of a measurement interval configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

[FIG. 4] is a method flowchart of a measurement interval configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

[FIG. 5] is a method flowchart of a measurement interval configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

[FIG. 6] is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for configuring a measurement interval provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

[FIG. 7] is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for configuring a measurement interval provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

[FIG. 8] is a schematic structural diagram of an access network device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

[FIG. 9] is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The "module" mentioned in this article generally refers to a program or instruction stored in a memory that can realize certain functions; the "unit" mentioned in this article generally refers to a functional structure divided by logic, the "unit" It can be realized by pure hardware, or a combination of software and hardware.

Reference herein to "plurality" means at least two. "And/or", which describes the association relationship of the associated objects, means that there can be three kinds of relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can mean that A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the contextual object is an "or" relationship.

FIG. 1 is an architectural diagram of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The wireless communication system may be a mobile communication system, for example, the wireless communication system may also be a third generation mobile communication (the 3rd generation mobile communication, 3G) system; or, the wireless communication system may also be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (the 4th generation mobile communication, 4G) system, also known as Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) system; or, the wireless communication system may also be 5G system, also known as new radio (new radio, NR) system. The wireless communication system includes: an access network device 110 and a terminal 120 .

The access network device 110 may be a base station (base station, BS) in a wireless communication system, and in different wireless communication systems, the names of the base stations may also be different. For example, the access network device 110 may be a NodeB in a 3G system. Alternatively, the access network device 110 may be an evolved base station (eNB) used in the 4G system. Alternatively, the access network device 110 may also be a base station (gNB) that adopts a centralized distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the access network device 110 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it generally includes a centralized unit (central unit, CU) and at least two distributed units (distributed unit, DU). The centralized unit is provided with a protocol stack of a packet data convergence protocol (Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP) layer, a radio link layer control protocol (Radio Link Control, RLC) layer, and a media access control (Media Access Control, MAC) layer; distribution; A physical (Physical, PHY) layer protocol stack is set in the unit, and a specific implementation manner of the access network device 110 is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

The access network device 110 and the terminal 120 establish a wireless connection through a wireless air interface. In different embodiments, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fourth generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fifth generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard For example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; alternatively, the wireless air interface may also be a wireless air interface based on a 5G next-generation mobile communication network technology standard.

Terminal 120 may be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user. Terminal 120 may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (RAN), and terminal 120 may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal , for example, can be portable, pocket-sized, hand-held, computer built-in or In-vehicle mobile devices. For example, a station (Station, STA), a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), a subscriber station (subscriber station), a mobile station (mobile station), a mobile station (mobile), a remote station (remote station), an access point, a remote terminal ( remote terminal), access terminal (access terminal), user equipment (user terminal), user agent (user agent), user equipment (user device), or user equipment (user equipment, UE).

It should be noted that the wireless communication system shown in FIG. 1 may include multiple access network devices 110 and/or multiple terminals 120, and FIG. 1 shows two access network devices 110 and one terminal 120 An example is used for illustration, but this embodiment is not limited thereto.

After the terminal 120 establishes a connection with the access network device 110 (that is, the terminal 120 accesses a cell maintained by the access network device 110 ), when the terminal 120 and the access network device 110 are in a connected state, the terminal 120 may also Signal measurement needs to be performed on other frequencies other than the serving frequency of the currently accessed cell. This process may be called inter-frequency measurement, or, when the other frequencies are other than the system corresponding to the currently accessed cell When the frequency point of the system corresponds to the system standard, the process may also be referred to as different-standard measurement; the other frequency point may be the frequency point in the communication system corresponding to the access network device 110, or the other frequency point may also be the frequency point of the access network device 110. The network access device 110 corresponds to a frequency point outside the communication system.

The above-mentioned communication system may be a system corresponding to the network standard of the access network device 110, for example, the above-mentioned communication system may be a 3G, 4G or 5G system. Furthermore, the wireless communication system shown in the embodiments of the present invention may include one communication system, or the wireless communication system may also be compatible with multiple different communication systems.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal 120 supports establishing connections with at least two access network devices 110 at the same time.

The at least two access network devices 110 simultaneously connected to the terminal 120 may belong to different communication systems; The access network devices connected by the terminal at the same time can belong to the 4G system and the 5G system respectively.

Alternatively, at least two access network devices 110 connected to the terminal 120 at the same time may belong to the same communication system; The connected access network devices may both belong to the 4G system, or the two access network devices simultaneously connected to the terminal may also both belong to the 5G system.

In this embodiment of the present invention, if the terminal 120 establishes connections with at least two access network devices 110 at the same time, when the at least two access network devices 110 configure the measurement interval for the terminal 120, the at least two access network devices 110 The two access network devices 110 determine that one (or part) of the at least two access network devices 110 configures a measurement interval for the terminal by negotiating with each other or according to a predetermined protocol, and the at least two access network devices 110 configure the measurement interval for the terminal. Other devices in the network access device 110 do not configure the measurement interval for the terminal, thereby reducing the number of configuration measurement intervals when the terminal establishes connections with at least two access network devices 110 at the same time, preventing the terminal from frequently interrupting data transmission and switching to other devices. The frequency point is used to measure the signal to improve the data transmission and reception efficiency of the terminal.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , which shows a method flowchart of a measurement interval configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the measurement interval configuration method is applied to the mobile communication system shown in FIG. 1, and the measurement interval of a terminal connected to at least two access network devices at the same time is configured as an example for illustration. The method includes:

Step 201, the first access network device determines whether the first access network device is a configuration device of the terminal.

Wherein, the configuration device is a part of the device that configures the measurement interval for the terminal among the at least two access network devices. The measurement interval is used to indicate a time period during which the terminal performs signal measurement at other frequencies other than the current operating frequency.

In this embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal communicates on the serving frequency of the currently accessed cell, if it needs to measure other frequencies other than the serving frequency of the currently accessed cell, the current access The access network device corresponding to the cell of the current access network device performs the measurement configuration of the other frequency point. Specifically, the access network device corresponding to the currently accessed cell can configure the measurement interval for the terminal, and the measurement interval is the measurement interval of the terminal on the other frequency point. The time period during which the signal measurement was made.

In addition, in this embodiment of the present invention, when a terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices at the same time, the at least two access network devices do not both configure the measurement interval for the terminal, and only some of them (may be It is only required that one or more) access network devices configure the measurement interval for the terminal. The access network device that configures the measurement interval for the terminal is the above configuration device.

Step 202, when the first access network device is a configuration device in at least two access network devices, the first access network device generates a measurement interval configuration message.

When the first access network device determines that it is the configuration device of the terminal, the first access network device generates a measurement interval configuration message for indicating the measurement interval configured for the terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the measurement interval configuration message may specifically include a measurement frequency, a measurement period, and a time period during which the terminal performs signal measurement at other frequencies other than the frequency served by the currently accessed cell. The time domain position in this measurement period.

For example, assuming that the first access network device requires the terminal to perform an inter-frequency measurement on frequency point f every 80ms, and the measurement interval of the inter-frequency measurement is in the first 6ms of each cycle, the measurement interval generated by the first access network device The frequency point f included in the configuration message, the measurement period is 80ms, and the time domain position of the included measurement interval is the first 6ms of each period.

Step 203, the first access network device sends the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first access network device may send the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal through a specific signaling or message.

Specifically, for example, the first access network device may send the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal through radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) signaling.

Step 204, the terminal performs signal measurement according to the measurement interval configuration message.

After receiving the measurement interval configuration message sent by the first access network device, the terminal may perform signal measurement according to the measurement interval configuration message.

For example, taking the measurement interval configuration message as an example, the measurement period may include the measurement period, and the time domain position in the measurement period of the time period during which the terminal performs signal measurement at frequencies other than the frequency served by the currently accessed cell. The above measurement frequency is f, the measurement period is 80ms, the time domain position corresponding to the measurement interval in each measurement period is the first 6ms of each period, and when the terminal performs signal measurement, within the first 6ms of each 80ms, leave The service frequency point of the currently accessed cell, and jumps to the frequency point f for signal measurement. After the first 6 ms, the terminal jumps back to the service frequency point of the currently accessed cell for data communication.

Specifically, for example, taking a terminal establishing a connection with access network device A and access network device B at the same time as an example, when the terminal needs to measure other frequencies other than the service frequency of the cell it is currently accessing, the access network Device A and access network device B only need one access network device to configure the measurement interval for the terminal, and access network device A and access network device B do not need to configure the measurement interval for the terminal respectively, so that the terminal is performing data transmission. During the process, it is only necessary to perform inter-frequency measurement or inter-system measurement according to the measurement interval configured by one device, and it is not necessary to perform inter-frequency or different-system measurement according to the measurement interval configured by two access network devices, thereby reducing the number of jumps to the current device. The frequency and duration of the access cell outside the service frequency point.

To sum up, in the method shown in the embodiment of the present invention, when a terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices at the same time, the first access network device in the at least two access network devices determines that it is the terminal The measurement interval configuration message will be sent to the terminal only after the configuration device of the It is a part of the at least two access network devices, that is, the terminal only needs to perform inter-frequency or inter-standard measurement according to the measurement interval configured by some devices in the at least two access network devices that are connected at the same time, so as to reduce the time when the terminal communicates with the device at the same time. The configured number of measurement intervals when at least two access network devices establish a connection, so as to prevent the terminal from frequently interrupting data transmission and switching to other frequency points for signal measurement, thereby improving the data transmission and reception efficiency of the terminal.

In the above-mentioned embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2 , when determining whether the first access network device is the configuration device of the terminal, the first access network device may negotiate with other access network devices simultaneously accessed by the terminal to determine, Alternatively, it can also be determined according to a predetermined rule (such as a predetermined agreement). Subsequent embodiments of the present invention will be described respectively by taking these two cases as examples.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which shows a method flowchart of a measurement interval configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the measurement interval configuration method is applied to the mobile communication system shown in FIG. 1 , and at least two access network devices configure the measurement interval of the terminal through negotiation as an example for illustration. The method includes:

Step 301, the terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may establish a connection with at least two access network devices including the first access network device at the same time and perform network communication.

Step 302, network negotiation is performed between the first access network device and other devices to determine whether the first access network device is a configuration device.

Wherein, the other device is another device other than the first access network device among the at least two access network devices.

The configuration device is a part of the device that configures the measurement interval for the terminal among the at least two access network devices. The measurement interval is used to indicate a time period during which the terminal performs signal measurement at other frequencies other than the current operating frequency.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, when performing network negotiation between the first access network device and other devices, the first access network device may receive a configuration negotiation message sent by the other device, and the configuration negotiation message is used to negotiate and determine that the terminal configuration measurement is used. The first access network device determines whether the first access network device is the above-mentioned configuration device according to the configuration negotiation message.

Optionally, the configuration negotiation message further includes a configuration indication, where the configuration indication is used to indicate whether other devices determine to configure a measurement interval for the terminal. The first access network device determines whether the first access network device is the above-mentioned configuration device according to the configuration negotiation message, and if the first access network device receives the The configuration indication included in the configuration negotiation message is used to instruct other devices to determine that the measurement interval is not configured for the terminal, and the first access network device may determine that it is the above-mentioned configuration device; or, if the configuration received by the first access network device The configuration indication included in the negotiation message is used to instruct other devices to determine to configure the measurement interval for the terminal, and the first access network device may determine that it is not the above-mentioned configuration device.

Optionally, the configuration negotiation message may include frequency points of other devices corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal.

Step 303, when the first access network device is a configuration device in at least two access network devices, the first access network device generates a measurement interval configuration message.

When the first access network device determines that it is the configuration device of the terminal, the first access network device generates a measurement interval configuration message for indicating the measurement interval configured for the terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the measurement interval configuration message may specifically include a measurement frequency, a measurement period, and a time period during which the terminal performs signal measurement at other frequencies other than the frequency served by the currently accessed cell. The time domain position in this measurement period.

Step 304, the first access network device sends the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first access network device may send the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal through a specific signaling or message.

For example, the first access network device may send the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal through RRC signaling.

Step 305, the terminal performs signal measurement according to the measurement interval configuration message.

After receiving the measurement interval configuration message sent by the first access network device, the terminal may perform signal measurement according to the measurement interval configuration message.

Specifically, for example, taking a terminal establishing a connection with access network device A and access network device B at the same time as an example, when the terminal needs to measure other frequencies other than the service frequency of the cell it is currently accessing, the access network Device A receives the configuration negotiation message sent by access network device B. When the configuration negotiation message instructs access network device B to determine to allocate a measurement interval for the terminal, access network device A determines that it is not the configuration device of the terminal. The network access device B is the configuration device of the terminal; or, when the configuration negotiation message indicates that the access network device B determines not to allocate a measurement interval for the terminal, the access network device A determines that it is the configuration device of the terminal, and at this time, the access network device A determines that it is the configuration device of the terminal. The network device B is not the configuration device of the terminal. If the access network device A determines that it is the configuration device of the terminal, the access network device A configures the measurement interval for the terminal, that is, generates and sends a measurement interval configuration message to the terminal. Inter-frequency or inter-standard measurement is performed at the measurement interval, thereby reducing the frequency and duration of jumping to other than the service frequency point of the current access cell.

To sum up, in the method shown in the embodiment of the present invention, when a terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices at the same time, the first access network device in the at least two access network devices communicates with other devices by After negotiating to determine that it is the configuration device of the terminal, it will send a measurement interval configuration message to the terminal, where the configuration device is part of at least two access network devices, that is, the terminal only needs to The measurement interval configured by some devices in the network access device performs inter-frequency or inter-standard measurement, thereby reducing the number of configured measurement intervals when the terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices at the same time, preventing the terminal from frequently interrupting data transmission and switching. Perform signal measurement at other frequency points to improve the data transmission and reception efficiency of the terminal.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which shows a method flowchart of a measurement interval configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the measurement interval configuration method is applied to the mobile communication system shown in FIG. 1 , and at least two access network devices configure the measurement interval of the terminal according to a predetermined rule for illustration. The method includes:

Step 401, the terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices including the first access network device.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may establish a connection with at least two access network devices including the first access network device at the same time and perform network communication.

Step 402, the first access network device determines whether the first access network device is a configuration device according to a predetermined protocol.

Wherein, the configuration device is a part of the device that configures the measurement interval for the terminal among the at least two access network devices. The measurement interval is used to indicate a time period during which the terminal performs signal measurement at other frequencies other than the current operating frequency.

Optionally, the predetermined protocol may be a preset communication protocol or a proprietary protocol.

Optionally, the above predetermined protocol specifies that the master device among the at least two access network devices is the configuration device of the terminal. When the first access network device determines whether it is the configuration device of the terminal, the first access network device may acquire the relationship between at least two access network devices simultaneously connected to the terminal, the at least two access network devices The relationship between them may be a relationship indicating a primary device and a secondary device in the at least two access network devices. If the relationship between the at least two access network devices indicates that the first access network device is the master device, the first access network device may determine that it is the configuration device of the terminal.

Optionally, the predetermined protocol specifies that among the at least two access network devices, the device that configures the measurement interval for the terminal the most times is the configuration device. When determining whether the first access network device is the configuration device of the terminal, the first access network device may obtain the number of times the measurement interval is configured for the terminal by at least two access network devices simultaneously connected to the terminal, when the first access network device is the terminal. When the number of times of configuring the measurement interval is the maximum value, the first access network device may determine that it is the configuration device of the terminal.

Step 403, when the first access network device is a configuration device in at least two access network devices, the first access network device generates a measurement interval configuration message.

When the first access network device determines that it is the configuration device of the terminal, the first access network device generates a measurement interval configuration message for indicating the measurement interval configured for the terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the measurement interval configuration message may specifically include a measurement frequency, a measurement period, and a time period during which the terminal performs signal measurement at other frequencies other than the frequency served by the currently accessed cell. The time domain position in this measurement period.

Step 404, the first access network device sends the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first access network device may send the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal through a specific signaling or message.

For example, the first access network device may send the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal through RRC signaling.

Step 405, the terminal performs signal measurement according to the measurement interval configuration message.

After receiving the measurement interval configuration message sent by the first access network device, the terminal may perform signal measurement according to the measurement interval configuration message.

Specifically, for example, taking a terminal establishing a connection with access network device A and access network device B at the same time as an example, when the terminal needs to measure other frequencies other than the service frequency of the cell it is currently accessing, the access network Device A and access network device B respectively determine whether they are terminal configuration devices according to a predetermined protocol, wherein the predetermined protocol only determines that one of access network device A and access network device B is the terminal configuration device. If the access network device A determines that it is the configuration device of the terminal, the access network device A configures the measurement interval for the terminal, that is, generates and sends a measurement interval configuration message to the terminal. Inter-frequency or inter-standard measurement is performed at intervals, thereby reducing the frequency and duration of jumping to a frequency outside the service frequency of the current access cell.

To sum up, according to the method shown in the embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices at the same time, the first access network device in the at least two access network devices according to the predetermined protocol. After the proposal determines that it is the configuration device of the terminal, it will send the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal, where the configuration device is part of at least two access network devices, that is, the terminal only needs to The measurement interval configured by some devices in the network access device performs inter-frequency or inter-standard measurement, thereby reducing the number of configured measurement intervals when the terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices at the same time, preventing the terminal from frequently interrupting data transmission and switching. Perform signal measurement at other frequency points to improve the data transmission and reception efficiency of the terminal.

In various embodiments of the present invention, the measurement interval needs to be configured for the terminal only when at least two access network devices simultaneously establishing connections with the terminal satisfy certain conditions corresponding to the frequency points of the measurement interval to be configured for the terminal. Specifically, taking the first access network device among the at least two access network devices as an example, when the first predetermined condition is satisfied and the first access network device is the configuration device of the terminal, the first access network device The device generates the measurement interval configuration message.

Wherein, the first predetermined condition may include but is not limited to one of the following three types:

Condition 1: The frequency point of the first access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured for the terminal and the frequency point of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured for the terminal are the same frequency point, and the frequency point does not belong to the first access network device. The service frequency of the access network equipment and the other equipment.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the measurement interval to be configured by the access network device corresponding to the terminal refers to the measurement interval that the access network device intends to configure for the terminal, but the measurement interval is not finally determined to be configured.

For example, the terminal establishes a connection with access network device A and access network device B at the same time, and both access network device A and access network device B are ready to configure the terminal to measure a certain frequency f1, and this frequency f1 is not It belongs to the service frequency points of access network device A and access network device B. When the measurement interval needs to be configured, access network device A and access network device node B can negotiate which access network device configures the measurement interval of the terminal. Alternatively, which access network device configures the measurement interval is determined according to a predetermined protocol.

Condition 2: The frequency of the first access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured for the terminal and the frequency of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured for the terminal are different frequencies, and the first access network device corresponds to the The frequency of the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the frequency of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal do not belong to the service frequency of the first access network device and the other device, and the first access network device The frequency point corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the frequency point corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal of the other device belong to the communication system corresponding to the first access network device or the other device.

For example, a connection is established between the terminal and access network device A and access network device B. Network access device A is going to configure the terminal to measure a certain frequency f1, and access network device A is going to configure the terminal to measure a certain frequency f2, these two frequency points are not the service frequencies of access network device A and access network device B , but both belong to the communication system of access network device A or access network device B. When the measurement interval needs to be configured for the terminal, the access network device A and the access network device B can negotiate which access network device configures the measurement interval, or determine which access network device configures the measurement interval according to a predetermined protocol.

Condition 3: The frequency point of the first access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured for the terminal and the frequency point of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured for the terminal are different frequencies, and the first access network device corresponds to the The frequency of the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the frequency of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal do not belong to the service frequency of the first access network device and the other device, and the first access network device The frequency point corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the frequency point corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal of the other device belong to different systems in the communication system corresponding to the first access network device and the other device, respectively.

For example, a connection is established between the terminal and access network device A and access network device B. Access network device A configures the terminal to measure a certain frequency f1, and access network device A configures the terminal to measure a certain frequency f2. The two frequency points do not belong to the service frequency points in the access network device A and the access network device B; the two frequency points belong to different communication systems. When the measurement interval needs to be configured, the access network device A and the access network device B can negotiate which access network device configures the measurement interval, or determine which access network device configures the measurement interval according to a predetermined protocol.

In another possible implementation, when the frequency points of at least two access network devices that establish connections with the terminal at the same time corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal satisfy certain conditions, the at least two access network devices may also appear. The situation where no device configures the measurement interval for the terminal. Specifically, taking the first access network device among the at least two access network devices as an example, when the second predetermined condition is satisfied, the first access network device determines not to generate the measurement interval configuration message.

Wherein, the second predetermined condition includes: the frequency point of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured for the terminal is the service frequency point of the first access network device; or, the first access network device corresponding to the terminal to be configured The frequency of the measurement interval is the service frequency of the other device.

For example, a connection is established between the terminal and the access network device A and the access network device B, and the access network device A configures the terminal to measure a certain frequency point f1, which belongs to the service frequency point in the access network device B. The access network device A and the access network device B can negotiate and do not need to configure the measurement interval for the terminal.

In another possible implementation manner, when the above-mentioned simultaneous connection with the terminal exists at least When the two access network devices determine that the device configuration fails, the at least two access network devices may respectively generate measurement interval configuration messages, and send the generated measurement interval configuration messages to the terminal.

In another possible implementation manner, after the terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices, when the terminal receives a measurement interval configuration message sent by all or part of the at least two access network devices, the terminal can The reserved measurement interval configuration messages are determined.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which shows a method flowchart of a measurement interval configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the measurement interval configuration method is applied to the mobile communication system shown in FIG. 1 , and at least two access network devices configure the measurement interval of the terminal according to a predetermined rule for illustration. The method includes:

Step 501: The terminal receives the measurement interval configuration message sent by all or part of the at least two access network devices, respectively.

Wherein, the at least two access network devices establish a connection with the terminal at the same time, the measurement interval configuration message is used to configure the measurement interval of the terminal, and the measurement interval is used to indicate that the terminal is in other frequency points than the current operating frequency point The time period during which the signal measurement was made.

Wherein, when at least two access network devices that are connected to the terminal at the same time determine that the configuration device fails, the at least two access network devices may respectively generate a measurement interval configuration message, and send the generated measurement interval configuration message to the terminal; At this time, in order to reduce the number or frequency of inter-frequency or inter-standard measurements performed by the terminal, the terminal may determine, from the received measurement interval configuration messages, part of the measurement interval configuration messages that need to be retained, while the rest of the measurement interval configuration messages can be throw away.

Or, when the number of configuration devices that configure the measurement interval for the terminal in the at least two access network devices described above is two or more, even if the at least two access network devices determine that the configuration devices are successful, the terminal may receive Two or two measurement interval configuration messages; at this time, in order to further reduce the number or frequency of inter-frequency or inter-standard measurements performed by the terminal, the terminal can also determine the part of the measurement that needs to be reserved from the received measurement interval configuration message. interval configuration messages, while the rest of the measurement interval configuration messages may be discarded.

Or, even if the terminal only receives the measurement interval configuration message sent by one access network device. If the terminal does not need to perform inter-frequency or inter-standard measurement according to the measurement interval configuration message, at this time, the terminal may also determine to discard the measurement interval configuration message, that is, determine that the number of reserved measurement interval configuration messages is 0 at this time.

Step 502, the measurement interval configuration sent by the terminal from the at least two access network devices respectively The measurement interval configuration message determines the reserved measurement interval in the message.

Optionally, the terminal determines the measurement interval configuration message sent by the main connection device in the at least two access network devices as the reserved measurement interval configuration message; or, the terminal determines the measurement interval configuration message sent by the at least two access network devices. , the measurement interval configuration message sent by the access network device that configures the terminal with the most measurement interval is determined to be the reserved measurement interval configuration message.

Step 503, the terminal performs signal measurement at other frequency points other than the current working frequency point according to the reserved measurement interval configuration message.

To sum up, in the method shown in the embodiment of the present invention, when a terminal establishes a connection with at least two access network devices at the same time, the terminal receives all or part of the access network devices in the at least two access network devices. After the measurement interval configuration message is sent, the reserved measurement interval configuration message can be determined from it, and the measurement is performed only according to the reserved measurement interval configuration message, thereby reducing the number or frequency of the terminal performing inter-frequency or inter-standard measurements and avoiding frequent interruption of the terminal. Data is transmitted and switched to other frequency points for signal measurement, improving the data sending and receiving efficiency of the terminal.

The following are apparatus embodiments of the embodiments of the present invention. For the parts that are not described in detail in the apparatus embodiments, reference may be made to the technical details disclosed in the foregoing method embodiments.

Please refer to FIG. 6 , which shows a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for configuring a measurement interval provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The device for configuring the measurement interval can be implemented as all or a part of the access network equipment through software, hardware, or a combination of the two. The apparatus for configuring a measurement interval includes: a generating unit 601 and a sending unit 602; the generating unit 601 is configured to perform the steps of generating a measurement interval configuration message performed by the first access network device in the above-mentioned FIG. 2 to FIG. 4; the sending unit 602 For performing the steps of sending the measurement interval configuration message performed by the first access network device in the above-mentioned FIG. 2 to FIG. 4; optionally, the device for configuring the measurement interval may further include: a negotiation unit 603, a first determination unit 604 and a second determining unit 605; the negotiating unit 603 is configured to perform the steps of determining whether the first access network device is a configuration device through the relevant negotiation performed by the first access network device in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 ; the first access network device The determining unit 604 is configured to perform the steps of determining whether the first access network device is a configuration device according to a predetermined protocol performed by the first access network device in the above-mentioned FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 ; the second determining unit 605 is configured to perform the above-mentioned steps. In FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, the first access network equipment The steps performed to determine not to generate a measurement interval configuration message.

Please refer to FIG. 7 , which shows a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for configuring a measurement interval provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The device for configuring the measurement interval can be implemented as all or a part of the terminal equipment through software, hardware and a combination of the two. The apparatus for configuring a measurement interval includes: a receiving unit 701 and a determining unit 702; the receiving unit 701 is configured to perform the steps in the above-mentioned FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 performed by the terminal related to receiving a measurement interval configuration message; the determining unit 702 is configured to perform the above-mentioned steps in FIG. 2 to FIG. 5, the steps performed by the terminal about determining the reserved measurement interval configuration message; optionally, the device for configuring the measurement interval may further include: a measurement unit 703; the measurement unit 703 is configured to execute the above-mentioned FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 Steps performed by the terminal in signal measurement at other frequency points other than the current operating frequency point.

Please refer to FIG. 8 , which shows a schematic structural diagram of an access network device provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The access network device includes: a processor 81 , a transceiver 82 , a memory 84 , and a bus 85 .

The processor 81 includes one or more processing cores, and the processor 81 executes various functional applications and message processing by running software programs and modules.

The transceiver 82 may be implemented as a communication component, which may be a communication chip, and the communication chip may include a receiving module, a transmitting module, a modulation and demodulation module, etc., for modulating and/or demodulating the message, and passing the The wireless signal receives or transmits the message.

The memory 84 is connected to the processor 81 via a bus 85 .

Memory 84 may be used to store software programs and modules.

The memory 84 may store the application module 86 for at least one function described. The application module 86 may include: a generating module 861 and a sending module 862 ; optionally, the application module 86 may further include a negotiation module 863 , a first determining module 864 and a second determining module 865 .

The processor 81 is configured to execute the generating module 861 to implement the functions related to the steps of generating the measurement interval configuration message in the above method embodiments; the processor 81 is configured to execute the sending module 862 to implement the steps related to sending the measurement interval configuration message in the above method embodiments. The processor 81 is configured to execute the negotiation module 863 to implement the function of the steps of negotiating and determining whether the first access network device is a configuration device in the above method embodiments; the processor 81 is configured to execute the first determining module 864 to achieve The function of the steps of determining whether the first access network device is a configuration device according to a predetermined protocol in the above method embodiments; the processor 81 is configured to execute the second determination module 865 to implement the above method embodiments related to determining not to generate measurements The function of the steps of the interval configuration message.

Additionally, memory 84 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or combination thereof, such as static anytime access memory (SRAM), electronically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), erasable Type Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM), Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Magnetic Memory, Flash Memory, Disk or Optical Disk.

Please refer to FIG. 9 , which shows a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The terminal includes: a processor 91 , a transceiver 92 , a memory 94 , and a bus 95 .

The processor 91 includes one or more processing cores, and the processor 91 executes various functional applications and message processing by running software programs and modules.

The transceiver 92 may be implemented as a communication component, which may be a communication chip, and the communication chip may include a receiving module, a transmitting module, a modulation and demodulation module, etc., for modulating and/or demodulating the message, and passing the The wireless signal receives or transmits the message.

The memory 94 is connected to the processor 91 via a bus 95 .

Memory 94 may be used to store software programs and modules.

The memory 94 may store the application module 96 for at least one function described. The application module 96 may include a receiving module 961 and a determination module 962 ; optionally, the application module 96 may further include a measurement module 963 .

The processor 91 is configured to execute the receiving module 961 to implement the functions related to the steps of receiving the measurement interval configuration message in the above method embodiments; the processor 91 is configured to execute the determination module 962 to implement the measurement related to determining the reservation in the above method embodiments The function of the step of the interval configuration message; the processor 91 is configured to execute the measurement module 963 to implement the function of the step of performing signal measurement at other frequency points other than the current operating frequency point in the above method embodiments.

In addition, the memory 94 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage devices or combinations thereof, such as static random-access memory (SRAM), electronically erasable programmable read-only memory (Electrically Erasable Programmable read only memory, EEPROM), Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), Read Only Memory (Read -Only Memory, ROM), magnetic memory, fast Flash memory, disk or CD.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a system for configuring a measurement interval, where the system for configuring a measurement interval may include a terminal and an access network device.

Wherein, the access network equipment includes the apparatus for configuring the measurement interval provided in the foregoing FIG. 6 ; the terminal may include the apparatus for configuring the measurement interval provided in the foregoing FIG. 7 .

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a system for configuring a measurement interval, where the system for configuring a measurement interval may include a terminal and an access network device.

Wherein, the access network device may be the access network device provided in the foregoing FIG. 8 ; the terminal may include the terminal provided in the foregoing FIG. 9 .

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program (instruction) is stored, wherein, when the program (instruction) is executed by a processor, any one of the above-described embodiments in FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 can be implemented or, when the program (instruction) is executed by the processor, the steps executed by the terminal in any of the embodiments described in FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 can be implemented.

Those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field should be aware that, in the above one or more examples, the functions described in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included in the protection of the present invention. within the range.

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A method for configuring a measurement interval, which is used in a first access network device among at least two access network devices, and the at least two access network devices establish a connection with a terminal at the same time, the method comprising: the Network negotiation is performed between the first access network device and other devices other than the first access network device among the at least two access network devices, to determine whether the first access network device is is a configuration device; when the first access network device is the configuration device in the at least two access network devices, the first access network device generates a measurement interval configuration message; the configuration device is Among the at least two access network devices, some devices that configure a measurement interval for the terminal; the measurement interval is used to indicate a time period during which the terminal performs signal measurement at other frequencies other than the current operating frequency; and the first access network device sends the measurement interval configuration message to the terminal. The method according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the first access network device and the at least two access network devices are connected between other devices except the first access network device. Performing network negotiation to determine whether the first access network device is the configuration device includes: receiving, by the first access network device, a configuration negotiation message sent by the other device, where the configuration negotiation message is used for Negotiating to determine the access point device that configures the measurement interval for the terminal; the first access network device determines whether the first access network device is the configuration device according to the configuration negotiation message. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: the first access network device determining whether the first access network device is the configuration device according to a predetermined protocol. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the generating, by the first access network device, a measurement interval configuration message includes: when a first predetermined condition is satisfied, the first access network The device generates the measurement interval configuration message; the first predetermined condition includes: the frequency point of the first access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the other device The frequency corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal is the same frequency, and the frequency does not belong to the service frequency of the first access network device and the other devices; or, the first access network The frequency of the network access device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the frequency of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal are different frequencies, and the first access network device corresponds to the terminal to be configured. The frequency of the configured measurement interval and the frequency of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal do not belong to the service frequency of the first access network device and the other device, and the first connection The frequency point of the network access device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the frequency point of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal belong to the communication corresponding to the first access network device or the other device. system; or, the frequency of the first access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the frequency of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal are different frequencies, and the first The frequency of the access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the frequency of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal do not belong to the services of the first access network device and the other devices frequency, and the frequency of the first access network device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal and the frequency of the other device corresponding to the measurement interval to be configured by the terminal belong to the first access network. A device and a different system in a communication system corresponding to the other device. A method for configuring a measurement interval, wherein the method comprises: a terminal receiving a measurement interval configuration message sent by a first access network device of at least two access network devices, wherein the at least two access network devices simultaneously Establish a connection with the terminal, and the first access network device is the first access network device and the at least two access network devices, other than the first access network device The configuration device determined by the network negotiation between devices, the measurement interval configuration message is used to configure the measurement interval of the terminal, and the measurement interval is used to indicate that the terminal is in other frequencies than the current operating frequency. a time period for performing signal measurement; and the terminal determines a reserved measurement interval configuration message from measurement interval configuration messages respectively sent by the at least two access network devices. The method according to item 5 of the scope of the application, wherein the method further includes: the terminal performs signal measurement at other frequency points other than the current operating frequency point according to the reserved measurement interval configuration message. The method according to item 5 of the scope of the application, wherein determining, by the terminal, the reserved measurement interval configuration messages from the measurement interval configuration messages respectively sent by the at least two access network devices, includes: determining that the measurement interval configuration message sent by the primary connection device in the at least two access network devices is the reserved measurement interval configuration message; The measurement interval configuration message sent by the access network device with the most configured measurement interval by the terminal is determined to be the reserved measurement interval configuration message. The method according to any one of items 5 to 7 of the patent application scope, wherein the at least two access network devices belong to different communication systems respectively; or, the at least two access network devices belong to the same communication system . A terminal device, comprising: a memory; and a processor for executing instructions stored in the memory, so that the terminal device executes the method described in any one of items 5 to 8 of the scope of the patent application.

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